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Bob Evans, left, of Durham, retiring president of the Carolina
Forum, well known non-partisan student organisation which has
brought many famous speakers to the campus, and the new presi
dent for the coming year, Jim McLeod of Florence, S. C. See
Forum story on page 7.
Naval ROTC Students Have
Ended Their Florida Training
Three weeks of aviation indoctrination training at the Naval
Air Station, Pensacola, Fla., highlighted summer cruise training for
35 Unversity NROTC Midshipmen who complete the junior phase
of their summer training tomorrow.
Included in the training they received at the "Annapolis of the
. -Air" was a brief indoctrination
I into the Naval Air Corps, through
Construction work on the $1,615,000 addition
and renovations to the University library, along
with the installation of new equipment, are ex
pected to be nearly completed by the opening of
the fall school term in September and a-formal
opening of the addition will be held on October
12 University Day, Charles E. Rush, director of
the University libraries and chairman of the
library division, said yesterday.
The new addition and renovations to the old
building will give the University one of the finest
college libraries in the nation, he said.
Capacity of the library for book storage, reader
seating facilities and staff working space is more
than doubled by the addition. It also provides
"admirable space for the great special collections
and almost unrivaled research and investigation
facilities for local and visiting scholars," Rush
stated. '
Graduate and research student carrel, capa
city will be increased to more than 530, which is
extraordinary among universities, he said.- This
will give more than ample space for research
work in the book stacks.
Storage space for more than 1,000,000 volumes
will be available upon completion of the addi
tion, and air conditioning is being installed in
the portions of the building where books are to
C. Rigdon
Is Recalled
To Duty
Chandler H. Ridgon, well
known Air Force master sergeant
of the Air Force ROTC unit here,
has been ordered to Maxwell Air
Force Base, Ala, for processing
to resume his rank of captain. He
left for Maxwell Field this week
prior to reporting to Pope Air
Force Base at Fort Bragg for
duty with the Deputy for Per
sonnel of the 9th Tactical Air
Force.
While at the University, Ser
geant Rigdon instructed basic
courses in air science and was
eoach of the AFROTC rifle team
and in charge of drill instruction.
Sergeant Rigdon is entitled to
wear Master Parachutist and Ca
nadian Parachutist Wings plus
his theatre ribbons and four battle
Stars.
The son of Mrs. Elsie E. War
ren of Kennett Square, Pa., he
has during ' his duty at Chapel
Hill built a home in Sanford
where he has resided with his
wife arid two small children.
- RatSihurn Resigns
James Rathburn, for the past
two years director of Graham
Memorial Student Union, re
tired this week to devote his
full energies to the Institute of
Research in the Social Sciences
as a research fellow.
He has been succeeded by
Charles H. Ufen, former direc
tor of the Travel Agency.
Ufen will serve in this ca
pacity until September when
Jim Roth will lake over as per
manent director.
Upon leaving, Rathburn said
that he "had thoroughly enjoy
ed my past two years as di
rector of the Student Union and
would like to thank all of those
who have helped me and the
Student Union in weathering a
trying period in the University's
history."
practical experience and academ
ic study.
But it wasn't all work for the
Tar Heels. Dances were held
weekly at the cadet recreation
club, ACRAC, attended by young
ladies from Pensacola and the
Gulf Coast area. One big dance
was given the 800 midshipmen by
the city of Pensacola, and repre
sentatives from every college unit
were on hand for the entertain
ment. Actual training for the mid
shipmen was set up in three
phases at the Naval Air Station,
Saufley and Correy fields. The
boys from Carolina spent one
week in classroom study on the
academic, phase of naval flight,
one week in practical study
of the maintenance and operation
of a Naval air base, and a third
week in actual flying:
be stored to. protect them from atmospheric dam
age. This will also offer better protection for the
library collections, among them the Hanes Founda
tion collection for the Study of the Origin and
Development of the Book, the Archibald Hender
son Collection of Shawviana, and scores of others:
These collections have drawn so many visiting
scholars that the library in past years has been
nara dui ior laauues.
Vault space for rare books and document
will also be trebled in size by the addition of two
new storage rooms.
The brick and limestone addition, which take
the shape of a large letter U enclosing the older
T-shaped building, is approximately 210 feet wide
by 110 feet deep and has two basements and 10
levels in the book stacks.
Completion of the addition and reconstructions
within the old building will bring about a number
of additional changes. -
The Rare Book Room, containing priceless
books assembled during the past 156 years, will
for the first time be housed and displayed under
proper conditions. The photographic reproduc
tion laboratory, Bulls Head Book Shop and Li
brary Extension rooms will be enlarged and re
novated. (See LIBRARY, page S)
Volume XIX
Thursday, August 2, 1951 Chapel Hill, N. C.
NUMBER 14
TB Hospital
Bids Asked
The State will try again this
month to get bids on a tubercular
hospital to be built here.
New bids on the 100-bed struc
ture will be taken on August 28,
the State Budget Bureau reported
today.
It will be the second attempt
to get the hospital under way.
Late last year bids-were received
but they far exceeded the money
the State had available. They
were rejected and officials of the
tubercular hospital system took
their case to the General Assem
bly. ... The result was a directive
to the Medical Care Commission
to provide up to $500,000 of Fed
eral hospital-building funds for
the project. i
Grays Secretary Excited
Upon Meeting AAr. Truman
By Ralph Mulford
Had a chat the other day
with a Colorado country girl who
confessed she's just had the "thrill
of her lifetime.'
She was pretty Mrs. Ardith
Johnson, Secretary to Gordon
Gray, UNC president, and her
lifetime thrill came when she
"shook hands with the President
of the United States."
"Funny," she said, "we went
to the White House, and the Pres
ident was there, joshing with re
porters, and acting for all the
world like you see him in the
newsreels.
"I guess that shouldn't have
been too surprising, but somehow
I hadn't expected it to be just
that way. It was very informal,
and he shook my hand said, ra
ther warmly, that he was glad
that I was able to be there."
Her visit to the White House
was with Mr. Gray in connection
with his new job as director of
this country's psychological war
fare against Communism.
"We commute between Wash
ington and Chapel Hill at least
once a week," she said. She was
returning to Chapel Hill from
Washington as we talked.
When asked her thoughts on the
informal Truman, she replied,
"Oh, I was too excited to think.
But if I had, it would hardly have
changed my present opinion.
"It was still exciting for me,"
she said, "a little Colorado farm
girl shaking hands with the Pres
ident of the United States."
She said that she loved Chapel
Hill, that she had moved there
when Gray was inaugurated pres
ident of the Consolidated Univer
sity. Commenting on the qualms of
the University's Board of Trus
tees concerning Gray's Washing
ton assignment, she said that the
University presidency was a full
time job and that Gray realized
it.
She added that Gray had all
hopes that his Washington re
sponsibilities would not overbal
ance his duties in Chapel Ilill.
(Set SECRETARY, page 1)
DotHogan
Miss Chapel Hill
Pres. Bowers
Making Plans
For Next Year
Henry Bowers, president of the
student body, arrived in Chapel
Hill last Friday from a tour of
Paris, Oslo and the Atlantic
Ocean. Bowers made his trip on
the Battleship Missouri through
the courtesy of the United States
Navy in which he is a candidate
for a commission.
President Bowers, who spent
two nights and a day in Paris,
reports that the fabulous city is
made for nights. "Paris, from
the Follies to Place Pigalle, lives
up to its 2,000 year reputation,"
hp id.
"Oslo is quite impressive, too,"
Bowers continued. "It is a clean,
modern and beautiful city. Ev
eryone I saw during the week I
spent in and around Oslo appeared
healthy and not in want. The
Norwegian Socialist form of gov
ernment has achieved with its
mixed economy an amazingly
high standard of living."
"Rough" was the only comment
Henry made on the ocean.
2Stu
dents
Injured
In
Crash
Auto
Two University students were
injured in a car-bus accident ap
proximately 'seven miles west of
Chapel Hill on the Greensboro
highway early Monday morning.
None of the occupants of the bus
were injured. ,
Howard E. Blake, graduate stu
dent of Cumberland, Md driver
of the car and his roommate Mel
ville F. Warren graduate student
of Faison were the injured stu
dents. Blake's condition was re
ported as serious at the Duke
Hospital, suffering severe head
lacerations, possible fracture of
the jaw, fractured ribs and pos
sible internal chest injuries. War
ren was released from the hos
pital after being treated for su
perficial injuries.
The student driven Chevrolet,
convertible traveled 400 feet veer
ing across the road and coming
to rest in the ditch on the left
side of the road after side-swiping
a bus. The bus was carrying
the Soul Stirring Gospel Singers.
Wanted
Suggestions for something
new and different in the way
of a student body faculty en
tertainment for the second sum
mer session! The summer ac
tivities program wouid like to
initiate a social of some sort,
similar lo the watermelon fes
tival held annually for the first
session, lo become characteris
tic of the second summer ses
sion. A prize of $5 will be given
for the winning entry. Please
send all suggestions to the Gra
ham Memorial Student Union
office.
Name
Address ,...V.T..... .............
Suggestions
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(Use a sheet of plain paper if
necessary)